<DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The beloved actor and screenwriter&#8217;s second novel, set in 1903, stars a young concert violinist named Jeremy Webb, who one day goes from accomplished adagios with the Cleveland Orchestra to having a complete breakdown on stage.&nbsp; If he hadn&#8217;t poured a glass of water down the throat of a tuba, maybe he wouldn&#8217;t have been sent to a health resort in Badenweiler, Germany.&nbsp; But it&#8217;s in that serene place that Jeremy meets Clara Mulpas, whom he tries his hardest to seduce.&nbsp; </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Clara is so beautiful that Jeremy finds it impossible to keep from trying to find a chink in her extraordinary reserve and elegance.&nbsp; He finds himself reflexively flirting to get a reaction&#8212;after all, a tease and a wink have always worked before, with women back home.&nbsp; But flirting probably isn&#8217;t the best way to appeal to a woman who was married to a dumb brute and doesn&#8217;t want to have anything more to do with men. Jeremy isn&#8217;t sure how to press his case&#8212;but he won&#8217;t give up. </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Wilder&#8217;s prose is elegant, spare and affecting.&nbsp; But it&#8217;s his romantic&#8217;s eye for the intense emotions that animate a real love story that makes <I>The Woman Who Wouldn&#8217;t</I> an unforgettable book.</P></DIV>